Rosa x floribunda 'Amica' Rigo Rosen - Groundcover Rose

The Rigo Rosen 'Amica' bush is a delightful, generous and easy-to-grow bush that will find its place in all flower gardens, even the smallest ones, and enhance any balcony. With its bouquets of small double flowers in shades of pink, highlighted by beautiful foliage, and its naturally compact growth, this variety forms beautiful ground cover that flowers for months. Very hardy, extraordinarily floriferous and almost maintenance-free, this rose is simply perfect.

The 'Amica' rose or 'KORnerucas' is a German creation by Kordes, introduced to the market in 2019, but distinguished by the highly selective German A.D.R label since 2017. It is part of a series of roses, the 'Rigo Rosen', selected for their exceptional disease resistance and ability to flower enthusiastically, even in rainy and sunless regions. All Rigo-Roses have obtained the ADR label. This variety 'Amica' belongs to the floribunda rose family and the ground cover rose category due to its low, dense and spreading habit. It quickly forms a cushion of about 50 cm (20in) in all directions. It is covered with a beautiful dark green, decorative foliage, divided into small leaflets that are finely toothed along the edge. Its flowering is abundant and continuous from June to October if the soil remains slightly moist in summer. Its 4 cm (2in) wide corollas are fully double and composed of numerous petals gathered in bouquets. The petals change from bright pink to pale pink, giving the flower a delightful gradient of pink colour. The deciduous foliage falls in autumn.

The 'Amica' ground cover rose adapts to all soils that are not too dry and to all climates, which allows it to be planted almost anywhere. It looks simply stunning in a planter on the patio as a border, in a flower bed, or on a large slope where it will cover the ground. It can also be planted in groups of 3 plants, arranged in a triangle, isolated on a lawn. Plant it in mass or combine it with white or mauve ground cover roses to highlight the design of a pathway or the mass plantings of light or opulent shrubs and perennials. For example, it can be paired with perennial geraniums (Geranium Blue Cloud, Anne Folkard, Nimbus, Orion), bellflowers (lactiflora, rapunculoides), catmints, delphiniums, foxgloves or other perennial salvias. It blends perfectly with shrub roses with pink or white flowers in a romantic garden.